US Patent Issued to Joy Global Underground Mining on Feb. 3 for "Cutting device and support for same" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,548, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Joy Global Underground Mining LLC (Warrendale, Pa.).

"Cutting device and support for same" was invented by Stuart Reeves (North Wollongong, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting assembly is provided for a rock excavation machine having a frame. The cutting assembly includes a base portion configured to be supported by the frame, a flexible shaft, and a cutting device. The base portion defines a base axis. The flexible shaft includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is coupled to the base portion, and the second end is movable relative to the first en...